Anagrams of abrasive
Word abrasive has
288 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of abrasive.
- Arabis
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noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- brevi-
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- varies
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verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- Servia
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noun,
former name of Serbia.
- rabies
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noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Serbia
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noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Vasari
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noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
- bravas
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noun,
a shout of “brava!”.
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Saiva
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noun,
Shaiva.
- Aries
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noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- SABRE
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- arias
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noun,
an air or melody.
- Sabra
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- Sabir
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noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Saber
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Avars
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noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- avers
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- raise
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raias
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noun,
rayah.
- ERISA
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noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Baiae
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noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- Barea
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- sebi-
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- baris
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noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- 30-30
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- Basie
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noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basra
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noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- bears
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noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beira
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noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Beria
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noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- brise
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noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- biers
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noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- birse
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noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- Brava
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noun,
a shout of “brava!”.
- bares
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verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- brave
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noun,
a brave person.
- varas
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noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- abase
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verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- vibes
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noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- aeri-
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- vairs
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noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Arab.
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- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- varia
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noun,
a variant reading.
- abris
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noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Aesir
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noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- vari-
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- Aeria
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noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Sera
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noun,
a plural of serum.
- Eris
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- vara
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noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- IAEA
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- BSIR
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- IRAS
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
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- Isar
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noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ears
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- vase
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noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- BSIE
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- verb
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noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- visa
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noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- vibe
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noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- Bres
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noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brev
-
- vias
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noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- vers
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- Brie
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noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- vars
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noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- bris
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noun,
Brith.
- Vera
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noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- BSAA
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- BSAE
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- var.
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- vas-
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- isba
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noun,
izba.
- Raab
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noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Ivar
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- RIAS
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Save
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noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Sava
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noun,
a river flowing E from W Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- Sari
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noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SARA
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noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Serb
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noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- serv
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- sire
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Saba
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noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- Sab.
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- Saar
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noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rive
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verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- brei
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noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Rise
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- revs
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noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Ives
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noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Sra.
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- RIBA
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- sear
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noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Rabi
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noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Raia
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noun,
rayah.
- vair
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noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Rais
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noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rasa
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noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Rev.
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- rase
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verb (used with object),
raze.
- Siva
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noun,
Shiva.
- rave
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noun,
an act of raving.
- Ravi
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noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rebs
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Reis
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plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- riv.
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- 1080
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- Brea
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noun,
a town in S California.
- arse
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noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Bara
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noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- bar.
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- Bais
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noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Baer
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noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- baas
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noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Avis
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Aves
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noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Ave.
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- Avar
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noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- Asir
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noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
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noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Aser
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noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
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adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- ARIS
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- Bari
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noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Aria
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noun,
an air or melody.
- Ares
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
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noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- arbs
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noun,
an arbitrager.
- Aras
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noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- airs
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
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- Aiea
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noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- aer-
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- abs-
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- abri
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noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
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- Abie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Abas
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noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Bare
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noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- vise
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noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- brae
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noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bias
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noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bier
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noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Base
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noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bear
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noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bi-
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- BeV
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- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- BSE
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- arb
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noun,
an arbitrager.
- BSA
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- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- ARA
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noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ERV
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- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- se-
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- SBE
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- SBA
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- sb.
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- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- BEA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- BVA
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- BVE
-
- SAR
-
- SAE
-
- ARS
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- ARV
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noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ESA
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- asb
-
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- AEA
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- Bia
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Aar
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- vis
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noun,
strength; force; power.
- VIR
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noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- vie
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ab-
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- ABA
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noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Via
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noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- AIA
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- Ar.
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- av.
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- Ver
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- vb.
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- AAE
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- AAS
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Sr.
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- Abe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Bra
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noun,
brassiere.
- BIE
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- abv
-
- ae.
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- V-2
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noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
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noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
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- Va.
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- SVR
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- SAA
-
- ase
-
- ASA
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noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- be-
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- Br.
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- EBS
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- Re.
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- eir
-
- Bai
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noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Iva
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ISV
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- ISR
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- ise
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- EIS
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- ISA
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- BAA
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noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- BAS
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Ir.
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- ier
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- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- EVA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ESR
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RSA
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- ea.
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- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- EAA
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- BRE
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- ASR
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- ASV
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- a-v
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- Ava
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noun,
a female given name.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
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- Rs.
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- RSE
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- RBI
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- Bav
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Avi
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ASI
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- RSV
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EV
-
- RV
-
- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- EI
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- i.
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- B-
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VR
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- VI
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- V.
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- RI
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- SV
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- S.
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- BV
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noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- Eb
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SA
-